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In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria some Puerto Ricans, lacking resources and with some islands all but destroyed, have been forced to evacuate the island. One primary destination is New York state, home to the largest population of Puerto Ricans on the mainland, where over 1 million call New York home. In response,…

Two weeks after Hurricane Maria, as Donald Trump heads to a devastated Puerto Rico whose residents he claimed “want everything to be done for them,” there is still very little cell phone service, only 5 percent of the electrical grid is back up, roads and bridges are destroyed, and over half the island lacks running…

A vocal cheese-fried golf ball who’s been tweeting bitterly from a golf course all weekend may have helped Puerto Rico after all. Trump’s whining, self-aggrandizing remarks to San Juan’s mayor on Saturday received wall-to-wall slams, a Kim Kardashian tweet, and an SNL spoof, all of which happened to synch with a…

On Thursday evening, Beyoncé posted to Instagram a remix of J Balvin and Willy William’s hit single “Mi Gente,” her first new material since giving birth to twins in June. The singer pledged all profits garnered from sales of the new track to hurricane and earthquake relief efforts in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the…

The entire island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.4 million Americans, is still without power after a direct hit from Hurricane Maria, the fifth-strongest storm to ever hit the United States. Cell phone and internet service has also largely been lost and it could take six months for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority,…

I’m just going to skip the dick jokes that write themselves to tell you that commander-in-sheath Donald Trump acted like the regulation “white plastic gloves” he was supposed to don to pass out food at a Hurricane Irma relief event in Naples, Florida on Thursday wouldn’t fit over his enormous hands, which everyone…

It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, but local officials are just beginning to assess the damage and devastation of what is expected to be the costliest natural disaster in US history. Recovery efforts will take years, if not decades. There are a lot of ways Americans can help Houston right…

Hurricane Harvey has been called a “500-year” event, Houston’s third such flooding event in as many years. On Monday, FEMA Administrator William “Brock” Long said that Harvey could push as many as 30,000 people into shelters, with as many as 450,000 estimated to seek disaster assistance.

Express your fandom and your empathy in one gesture! If you've already donated to the Red Cross and want to do something else to help Japan, Lady Gaga has designed prayer bracelets (which actually look a lot like Lance Armstrong Livestrong bracelets) that she's selling through her Twitter site. All of the proceeds…